Allegra Stratton: Politics Gets Heated in the UK
As Wimbledon gets going today, the championship organizers will be applying its Heat Rule: allowing players a ten minute break between sets two and three for women, and between sets three and four for men when the temperature crosses 30C. With such a hot start to the competition, the All England Lawn Tennis Club will also glad that it's plumped for AI over line judges this year — meaning there are fewer wilting human beings to worry about keeling over.
In fact, it's so hot that I see even a Middle Eastern news outlet ran a piece this morning on the heat in SW19.
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